The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, December 5, 2034
Waning Crescent
22.0% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 45°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
2:38 AM
2:29 PM
45°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 22.0%
- Age
- 24.7 days
- Distance
- 401,100 km
- Apparent size
- 29.8′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 1384
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Dec 5, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 304.17° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 124.01° |
| Illuminated fraction | 22.04% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 25.6° / 237.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 13h 09m / -4.83° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 197.79° / 2.33° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.14° / -2.31° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -118.60° / 1.55° |
| Position angle of the axis | 23.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 113.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.